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• * Mukhtar Umar Bunza is a Professor of Social History, Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in History from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He was a Fellow of Leventis Postdoctoral Resea...More

  * Mukhtar Umar Bunza is a Professor of Social History, Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He obtained a PhD in History from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He was a Fellow of Leventis Postdoctoral Research, SOAS, University of London, ISITA Fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, and SACRI Fellow for Summer School at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj. Romania. He is the author of Christian Missions among Muslims: Sokoto Province, Nigeria, 1935-1990, Africa World Press, NJ, USA, 2007, and a number of published articles on various aspects of religious movements in Nigeria and the Middle East. Some of his publications include, “Islamism vs. Secularism: A Religious-political Struggle in Modern Nigeria” Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, ://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro /JSRI) no.2, summer, 2002, pp.49-65. “Political Islam under British Colonial Administration in Sokoto Province 1903-1950s” in Journal of Islamic Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Vol.22. 2002, (Special Issue), pp.66-81. “Muslims and the Modern State in Nigeria: A Study of the Impact of Foreign Religious Literature, 1980s- 1990s”, Islam Et Societes Au Sud Du Sahara, 17-18,2004, pp.49-63.“The Iranian Model of Political Islamic Movement in Nigeria, (1979-2002)” in Gomez-Perez, M. (ed) L’islam politique au sud du Sahara: Identities, discourse et enjeux, Karthala, Paris 2005, pp.227-242., ‘Shari’ah in the History and Political Development of Nigeria”, in Adekunle, J. O., (ed) Religion in Politics: Secularism and National Integration in Modern Nigeria, Africa World Press/ Red Sea Press, Publishers, NJ, USA, 2009, pp.137-158. Bunza is currently the Head of History Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Less

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